#A8AAAA#A8AAAA

#A8AAAA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.002 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAAA
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 170)
HSL	hsl(180, 1%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(180, 1%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -0.71, -0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 0.75, 199.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.0022 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.002 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7776, 39.9765, 43.7484)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAAA #AAA8A8

analogous

#A8AAA9 #A8AAAA #A8A9AA

triadic

#A8AAAA #AAA8AA #AAAAA8

tetradic

#A8AAAA #A9A8AA #AAA8A8 #A9AAA8

square

#A8AAAA #A9A8AA #AAA8A8 #A9AAA8

split-complementary

#A8AAAA #AAA8A9 #AAA9A8

monochromatic

#6B6D6D #898C8C #A8AAAA #C7C8C8 #E6E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A8AAAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#A8AAAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAAA

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAAA	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aaaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.002 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c3c3',
    500: '#a8aaaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aaaa;
$custom-light: #c1c3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aaaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 1.163,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73639,
    "c": 0.00228,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAAA

secondary

#D7D7D7

accent

#5B5B8B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAAA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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